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Characters: Karen X Jack, as requested.
Summary: I wish you all a (early) good Remembrance Day!
Lest We Forget
"What's the poppy for?" asked Jack as he sat down beside Karen, indicating the bright red flower pinned to her shirtfront.
She gave a chipper smile and quoted in a lofty voice, "'We wear a poppy on Remembrance Day/ And at eleven, we stand and pray/ Wreathes are put upon a grave/ As we remember our soldiers brave.'" At his confused look, she elaborated, "It's a Canadian holiday to celebrate the lives of soldiers."
"You're not Canadian," he pointed out.
"No," she agreed, "but I still think it's a nice holiday." Her smile softened, and some of her hair freed itself from her ponytail as she leaned her head to the side. "'I'll wear a little poppy, as red as can be/ To show that I remember those who fought for me.'"
He lifted his apple juice, and gave a half-smile as he remembered a phrase he had learned in History class. "Lest we forget."
"Lest we forget," she echoed, and they bumped their juice boxes together in a toast.